The actor, whom several women have accused of rape and sexual assault, later laughed about the alleged incident on the air
that the woman, identified anonymously as Olivia, said she told BBC staff about the incident several times over the years and that, in the BBC’s words, “they would laugh it off.”, occurred on June 16, 2008, at the network’s Los Angeles studio where Brand recorded, which aired on BBC Radio 2 from 2006 to 2008. Olivia, who worked in the building for another media company, said she’d let Brand into the studio.
She said he hit on her and told her he wanted to call her Betty. When Olivia said that wasn’t her name, he allegedly replied, “Well, I’m gonna fuck you.” When she told him he would not, she alleges he took out his penis and “pretty much served it to me as you would be serving someone some food.” Because the door was closed, she felt trapped.
Olivia texted a colleague from the BBC about it who informed her that Brand was talking about it in the studio. The program aired days later, on June 21, with Brand and cohost Matt Morgan seeming to discuss the incident. “It’s been 25 minutes since he showed his willy to a lady,” Morgan said, later calling her a receptionist. “Very easy to judge,” Brand said, and seemed to pantomime what happened, saying, “Look.
“I feel ashamed,” Olivia told the BBC now, “but more so I wonder had something been done, perhaps there would have been fewer women he would have done horrible things to, which we’re reading about in the papers now.” Although she never lodged a complaint, she said she hoped someone from the BBC would have heard the exchange on the air and investigated. “I thought perhaps that particular audio — because it was so graphic — had been cut out, which is probably why I never pursued it,” she said.
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